£7.44m boost for brownfield development will see two local sites converted to housing
Date published: 07 April 2021
Artist's impression of the redevelopment of the former Central Retail Park site off Drake Street in Rochdale
Two brownfield sites in Rochdale and Middleton have been given funding to be converted into housing sites, as part of the second phase of a £97m development fund.
An allocation of £7.44m to develop the two local sites – at the former Central Retail Park and the former British Vita site – was approved late last month at a meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), as a total of £41m was approved for 21 brownfield sites across Greater Manchester.